Judge Dredd is a 1995 English-language Action Crime film written by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, Michael De Luca, William Wisher Jr. and Steven E De Souza. The movie is directed by Danny Cannon and produced by Edward R. Pressman, Charles Lippincott and Beau E. L. Marks. In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart. Judge dredd features Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen, J Rgen Prochnow and Fred Wood. The screenplay is written by William Wisher, Jr. and Steven E. de Souza which is inspired from Judge Dredd by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. The music was composed by Alan Silvestri. Cinematography was done by Adrian Biddle and editing by Alex Mackie and Harry Keramidas. The motion picture has a running time of 96 minutes. It was released on 30th June 1995. Judge Dredd was made on a budget of $90 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $113 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Buena Vista Pictures.